The huge revenues included the €188m received after tax from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar in a record-breaking move. It is the first time Barca have surpassed the €700m barrier in terms of revenue for a fiscal year, and the club have now accumulated a profit of €175m since 2010.

Barca plan to have earned €1billion in revenues by 2021, though that strategy could be threatened by the political unrest in Spain following the Catalan independence referendum.

Regardless of how the political situation is resolved, however, Barca have no plans to leave La Liga, with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu insisting a place in Spain's top-flight is key to continuing their financial development.